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Reiss, Benjamin. "Introduction: The Dark Subject". The Showman and the Slave: Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042650-003

Reiss, B. (2001). Introduction: The Dark Subject. In The Showman and the Slave: Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America (pp. 1-10). Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042650-003

Reiss, B. 2001. Introduction: The Dark Subject. The Showman and the Slave: Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042650-003

Reiss, Benjamin. "Introduction: The Dark Subject" In The Showman and the Slave: Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America, 1-10. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2001. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042650-003

Reiss B. Introduction: The Dark Subject. In: The Showman and the Slave: Race, Death, and Memory in Barnum’s America. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2001. p.1-10. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042650-003

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
FIGURES ix
AckrunvZedgments xi
Introduction: The Dark Subject 1
1. DEATH AND DYING
1. Possession 13
2. The Celebrated Curiosity 28
3. Private Acts, Public Memories 52
4. Sacred and Profane 71
5. Culture Wars 90
6. Love, Automata, and India Rubber 106
7. Spectacle 126
II. RESURRECTION
8. Authenticity and Commodity 143
9. Exposure and Mastery 159
10. Erasure 183
III. LIFE
11. A Speculative Biography 211
Note to the 2010 Printing 225
Notes 227
Index 261

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
FIGURES ix
AckrunvZedgments xi
Introduction: The Dark Subject 1
1. DEATH AND DYING
1. Possession 13
2. The Celebrated Curiosity 28
3. Private Acts, Public Memories 52
4. Sacred and Profane 71
5. Culture Wars 90
6. Love, Automata, and India Rubber 106
7. Spectacle 126
II. RESURRECTION
8. Authenticity and Commodity 143
9. Exposure and Mastery 159
10. Erasure 183
III. LIFE
11. A Speculative Biography 211
Note to the 2010 Printing 225
Notes 227
Index 261

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